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Clinical analysis of 260 cases of hypopituitarism

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No author available
Journal Title:
Chinese Journal of General Practitioners
Issue:
9
DOI:
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1671-7368.2012.09.015
Key Word:
腺垂体功能减退症;临床特点;诊断;Hypopituitarism;Clinical feature;Diagnosis

Abstract: Objective To review the clinical features,etiology and differential diagnosis of hypopituitarism.Methods The clinical data of 260 patients with hypopituitarism admitted to our hospital during 2007 to 2011 were retrospectively analyzed.Results In 260 patients 96 were males and 164 were females,the average age of female patients was significantly higher than that of males[ (44 ± 16) vs.(32 ± 20) years; t =3.821,P =0.001 ].Patients under 20 years accounted for the highest proportion in male cases (38/96,39.6%) ; while patients aged 40 - 60 years were the highest proportion for female cases (86/164,52.4%).Pituitary tumor and postoperative damage was the most common cause for hypopituitarism accounting for 36.2% (94/260),followed by Sheehan syndrome (86/260,33.1%).The most common manifestation of hypopituitarism was anemia (102 eases) ; 26 cases presented all pituitary function failure.The causes leading to hypopituitarism usually showed specific manifestations in imaging examinations.The overall misdiagnosis rate was 40.4% (105/260)in this series,while that of etiological diagnosis was 25.4% (66/260).Conclusions This study suggests that hypopituitarism caused by different causes can be diagnosed by disease history,clinical manifestations and pituitary imaging examination.

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